Manfred S. Frings (27 February 1925 – 15 December 2008) was a scholar of philosophy, a professor, and the editor of the German editions of Heidegger Gesamtausgabe and Max Scheler's works.
He was known as the world's leading specialist in the philosophy of Max Scheler, he published over one hundred articles, and edited twenty-four books.
He wrote The Mind of Max Scheler: The First Comprehensive Guide Based on the Complete Works,[1] as well as the forward to Pope John Paul II's book, Primat des Geistes.
[3] According to Christina M. Bleyer, during his career, Frings focused primarily on "Scheler's phenomenology of values, sociology of knowledge, ethics, political theory, and philosophy of time.
"[1] He also studied the historical links between pre-Socratic thought and basic concepts of contemporary atomic physics.